AO THROWBACK - A Copper Age necropolis in Bulgaria contains the rich burial of Varna man and other elites - revealing some of the secrets of the amazingly advanced ancient Varna culture.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/varna-man-002798
#ancientorigins #ancient #history #ancienthistory #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #Varna #Archaeology #CopperAge
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Forthcoming research on Copper Age Valencina reveals early female-led leadership, expressed through lavish burials and ritual artifacts. The site’s spiritual and political complexity challenges assumptions about prehistoric power, highlighting women’s central roles in religion, economy, and early social organization.
#anthropology #archaeology #science #copperage #femaleleadership #spaing #valencia #pagan
Valencina: a sustainable, egalitarian mega-village of the Copper Age
New excavation of the Valencina de la Concepción Chalcolithic site in Seville, Spain, is defying old assumptions regarding its purpose and social structure...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/valencina-a-sustainable-egalitarian-mega-village/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #chalcolithic #CopperAge
World’s largest ancient bead collection discovered in 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain
Archaeologists working at the Montelirio tholos, an ancient burial site estimated to be around 5,000 years old near Seville, Spain, have unearthed what is considered the largest collection of beads discovered in a solitary grave. This extensive array includes more than 270,000 beads, primarily made from marine shells..
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/largest-ancient-bead-collection-spain/
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🔴 **Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood**
_“We then applied that protocol to 348 ancient genomes from Eurasia, describing how skin, eye and hair color evolved over the past 45,000 years. The shift towards lighter pigmentations turned out to be all but linear in time and place, and slower than expected, with half of the individuals showing dark or intermediate skin colors well into the Copper and Iron ages.”_
Perretti, S. et al. (2025) 'Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood,' bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.29.635495.
#Ancient #DNA #Genomes #Phenotype #Science #Eurasia #CopperAge #IronAge @science
Researchers may have finally discovered the origin of the wheel
A research team led by Columbia University historian Richard Bulliet, along with engineers Lee Alacoque from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Kai James from Georgia Institute of Technology, provides a compelling theory on the origin of the wheel...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/10/researchers-may-have-discovered-the-origin-of-the-wheel/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #CopperAge #Coppermine #carpathianmountains
🔴 🇪🇸 Tracing social disruptions over time using radiocarbon datasets: Copper and Early Bronze Ages in Southeast Iberia
“Our statistical analysis indicates that most probably the changes in funerary rituals in southeast Iberia were fast. It also implies that the local populations had dropped in numbers before 2200 cal BCE, so that the presence of ‘Steppe ancestry’ ca. 2200–2000 cal BCE could be the result of their admixture with neighbouring peoples.”
Micó, R. et al. (2024) ‘Tracing social disruptions over time using radiocarbon datasets: Copper and Early Bronze Ages in Southeast Iberia,’ Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, p. 104692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104692.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #CopperAge #BronzeAge #Demography #Ancestry #Spain #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons
Recently I've tried to use logseq (@logseq) for recording the workflow during lithics' analyses. I love the way the whiteboard works in elastic, graph-like manner combining pictures, hand drawing, and text, and how easy it is to call the data to the notes section for wrap-up.
#archaeology #LithicTechnology #neolithic #copperage #software
Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded With Mind-Altering Mercury
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-iberians-ingested-red-dust-loaded-with-mind-altering-mercury-180983889/ #archaeology #spain #CopperAge #Valencina #mercury #hallucinogen #cinnabar
History of the Copper Age of Comics
https://comics.peertube.biz/videos/watch/a8a23f53-783a-4317-a6d9-b2979d892410
Thousands of years ago, a woman underwent two surgeries to her head — and survived both procedures. The discovery comes after scientists analyzed a skull that was unearthed in a Copper Age burial site in Spain. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/OZmo1M
#Science #CopperAge #PreHistoric #Archeology
A fun read, and free. What did the Iceman wear? Lots of pictures!
"The mummy, also known as the Tyrolean Iceman, had leather loincloth, leather leggings, a grass coat, grass shoes and a fur hat. He also owned lots of accessories – including a stone dagger, bows, a leather quiver and several pieces of fungi."
Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe
We propose that the transfer of critical innovations between farmers and transitional foragers/herders from different ecogeographic zones during this early contact was integral to the formation, rise and expansion of pastoralist groups around 3300 bc.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06334-8 #contact #culture #pastoralist #Europe #CopperAge
Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe
" cultural exchange & biological interactions of many genetically distinct people coming together .. as early as 5,400 to 6,500 years ago.
Due to this "melting pot" the #eneolithic was characterized by a number of innovations... such as wheels, wagon transportation and improved metal-working spread quickly into western #Europe and #CentralAsia.
#yamnaya #Cucuteni #archeology #copperage
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-earliest-evidence.html
The most outstanding leader of the Iberian Copper Age was a woman
Opulent grave suggests “Ivory Lady” played a key role in society 5000 years ago
prehistoric women wielded authority and prestige, challenging modern assumptions about gender roles in leadership
https://www.science.org/content/article/most-outstanding-leader-iberian-copper-age-was-woman #Iberian #CopperAge #leader #woman #grave #IvoryLady
5,000-y.o 'Ivory Lady' upends knowledge about sex/gender in prehistoric societies
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/5-000-year-old-ivory-lady-upends-what-s-known-about-sex-and-gender-in-prehistoric-societies-1.6470880
... skeleton discovered 2008 in Spain was clearly once someone important. Archaeologists dubbed the remains the “Ivory Man” & began researching the “spectacular” find. ... they got quite a shock. The “Ivory Man” was in fact a woman ... this forced us to rethink everything about this site
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36368-x
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994190
6-JUL-2023
#Archaeology: The power of the Copper Age 'Ivory Lady' revealed
The highest status individual in ancient #CopperAge society in Iberia, was a woman and not a man as previously thought, according to peptide analysis reported in Scientific Reports. The individual, now re-dubbed the 'Ivory Lady', was buried in a tomb filled with the largest collection of rare and valuable items ...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994190 #science #humans #anthropology
Just added hashtags for all interested in #archaeology
... #archaeologists excavating in Verteba Cave in western Ukraine have discovered a trove of five female ceramic #figurines made some 5,000 years ago by the #Neolithic and #CopperAge people known to scholars as the #Cucuteni-#Trypillia culture.
The next highlight of the Kiel Conference 2023 #KielScales23 is coming up. In 30 minutes the keynote by Leonardo García Sanjuán (University of #Seville) will start in the Klaus Murmann Lecture Hall. Its title: "Environment, Aggregation and Monumentality in Early Complex Societies: The Case of Valencina (Spain) (c. 3200-2300 BC)." More info 👉
https://events.kielconference23.smart-abstract.com/#/event/43234
#archaeology #environment #monumentality #Valencina #palaeoecology #copperage #megasite
In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
#archaeology #stoneage #copperage #chalcolithic #neolithic
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